Period, menstruation, bleeding…we, women know exactly how that “once-a-month” visits feel like. I remember in the early school days when I was in Std 6, how the teachers had to start educating us about it and what to do, what not to do…*actually I just realized one thing…they forgot to tell us how NOT to get pregnant!*

And the best part was teaching us how to wear a bloody pad (no no, the pad that they used to show us was not bloodied lah). Mind you they didn’t have tampons back then …*ok guys, DO NOT SNIGGER…cos that would have been an indication as to how old I am??*. But, nevertheless, using pads back then was already such a nuisance. Being physically active (not the sexual kind, iissshhh!!), having to run around in pads during netball training (ahem! Yes, yours truly played netball for the school and state level…ok! Don’t play play ah) was no fun, cos of these reasons:

1. Feels like you are running with something stuck between your legs (tho the other more “solid-stick’’ stuck between the legs would have been much better LOL)
2. Especially after a heavy workout *yours truly here don’t sweat, I literally turn on the tap on my sweat glands*, feels like something ‘squishy’…EEEWWWWWW….
3. Does anyone of you know what iron smells like….ok enuf said..yucks!
4. Hopefully and cross your finger that the team’s jersey for that year didn’t come in white!

Then along came tampons!!! The best invention ever for us, but of course, just like anything new when it was first launched, there were questions…*how to use ah? Wah so small..can absorb meh? Errr…how to throw ah…etc etc…*

I personally cannot live without it now…it is the most comfortable and discreet thing ever created by mankind (EA, if you are reading this blog, these are for you…hahaha):

1. You no longer feel like something is stuck between your legs (tho I still would not mind the other “solid-stick” between my legs doing other stuff LOL) (and EA, it will not get ‘lost’ in your body!)
2. No more ‘squishy’ feeling! (Oh what a feeling!...think this old Toyota slogan would have been more apt for tampon brand)
3. No more smell!
4. Hmm…as for the wearing anything white during this period…I would still NOT do it…cos you never know…you may just accidentally leak..cos you forgot to take it out because of point 1 above? (and yes EA, there is a very very very strong string which you can use to un-plug it out)
5. You can almost rely on a man-friend to help you get a box cos it is quite a discreet-looking pack (or in my case…THANK YOU LB for saving my life last week! I must say LB was very good at picking it out after a short briefing from me! )

But, it really doesn’t matter what are your preferences, be it pads or tampons, as long as you are happy not seeing (or smelling) red, (we all know too well how having our period can be very irritating, causes bad mood swings )

Ladies, just be happy that we are normal menstruating women! And some good guys or gals actually thought of these ingenious pads and tampons…imagine our period moments with ‘leaves’…